The Democratic Symbol
The word “donkey” has come to have a negative connotation in today’s society. In Webster’s Handy College Dictionary, the definition for a donkey is “an ass” or “a stupid or obstinate person”. One would presume that with such a meaning, the Democratic Party, one of the main political parties in the United States, would not be associating itself with such a negative symbol. The first use of the “donkey” as the Democratic symbol occurred during Andrew Jackson’s run for president in 1828. Because of his populist views and the slogan, “Let the people rule”, his opponents tried to label him as a “jackass”, but Jackson used the name-calling and turned it into his advantage by placing the donkey on his campaign posters (The Democratic). Since its first application in 1828 the “donkey” is a symbol that is now clearly associated with the Democratic Party. This association is present because the attributes that complement this symbol are some of the many attributes that characterize and define the Democratic Party. Although the masses might view the “donkey” as a representation of something stupid, or silly, the Democratic Party, on the other hand, has come to view the “donkey” as a symbol that stands for intelligence, courage, and humility (The Democratic).
One of many important characteristics that define the Democratic Party is its member’s ability to solve issues that affects the party or the nation in an intelligent manner. This ability came into play on October 29, 1929, at the start of the Great Depression (“New Deal”). The inherent instability of the market brought about the Great Depression in 1929, and to resolve this instability, government intervention was necessary t...
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American politics have long revolved around the Grand Old Party and the Democratic Party. Arguably every conflict can be drawn back to the exacerbation of these two discordant parties. Both entities refuse to approach middle ground because it would hinder the respective party’s prestige or disobey ideals held for the past two centuries. Being a noted Democratic advocate, forty second US president William Clinton speaks at the Democratic National Convention. Because he employs rhetorical strategies, such as antithesis and procatalepsis, the partiality in his speech not only extols the Democrat’s persona but also degrades the Republican’s image.
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The thought of using robots to do task that humans can do amazes me. In this article their are many informational sentences that leads to the use of robotic encounters. The author made some good points in this article on how robots in today’s day are being developed. He introduces that people make these robots because their are task humans would rather not do. “A large population of relatively simple robots could “swarm” a task we humans would rather forgo, like cleaning a banquet hall” (Gillis, 2012, p. 478). Also, the author introduces other people who are trying
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